Friday, July 27, 2012
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Thursday, July 12, 2012
What's Next?
So now that I don't have CAKE hanging over me, I have to decide what my next goal is. I had apparently been thinking about this before the expo, because I recently found a note that I written to myself.
I don't actually remember writing this note, but it is written in my nigh-illegible writing style. Plus, it's all things I've been thinking about.
Maybe it's a note sent through time by my future self trying to influence my past (present) self on his (my) next steps.
Anyway, the first thing on the list is "Clean Rapidiographs[sic]" which I have done! It looked like this:
Messy business, that was.
Here's the story on these awesome pens. My old upstairs neighbor was an architect who had to buy a set of these when she was in architect's school.
Here's the thing though, architects have these things called computers now. I know I'm probably disappointing lots of people who still picture architects sitting over massive drafting tables using pens and compasses, but most of that type of work is digital now. Point is, these poor, insanely expensive pens sat in her storage space, unused. I somehow convinced her to loan them to me shortly before she moved out of the state.
Of course, part of the deal was that I had to clean them. Which I have. Thank you, Tracy.
The second thing on my list is "figure drawings". I think this is in reference to an idea I had to do 50 figure drawings in 50 days so that I could learn to actually draw people in a reasonably realistic way.
Hmmm.... I may still do this. I'm not sure anyone whould want to see me do it.
The last item is "Phantom Kangaroo" which is a comic that I've been working on. I guess I was reminding myself to finish it. Those of that have a copy of King Crow Comics #1 have already read the first three pages. For the rest of you, I will start posting pages here for you starting tomorrow! In the meantime, here is a one-panel preview:
Maybe it's a note sent through time by my future self trying to influence my past (present) self on his (my) next steps.
Anyway, the first thing on the list is "Clean Rapidiographs[sic]" which I have done! It looked like this:
Messy business, that was.
Here's the story on these awesome pens. My old upstairs neighbor was an architect who had to buy a set of these when she was in architect's school.
Here's the thing though, architects have these things called computers now. I know I'm probably disappointing lots of people who still picture architects sitting over massive drafting tables using pens and compasses, but most of that type of work is digital now. Point is, these poor, insanely expensive pens sat in her storage space, unused. I somehow convinced her to loan them to me shortly before she moved out of the state.
Of course, part of the deal was that I had to clean them. Which I have. Thank you, Tracy.
The second thing on my list is "figure drawings". I think this is in reference to an idea I had to do 50 figure drawings in 50 days so that I could learn to actually draw people in a reasonably realistic way.
Hmmm.... I may still do this. I'm not sure anyone whould want to see me do it.
The last item is "Phantom Kangaroo" which is a comic that I've been working on. I guess I was reminding myself to finish it. Those of that have a copy of King Crow Comics #1 have already read the first three pages. For the rest of you, I will start posting pages here for you starting tomorrow! In the meantime, here is a one-panel preview:
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
What do I do all day?
No, I don't make comics all day. Hopefully someday...
Anyway, this article has been going around Internet quite a bit the last couple days: The Busy Trap . Note this passage:
Anyway, this article has been going around Internet quite a bit the last couple days: The Busy Trap . Note this passage:
More and more people in this country no longer make or do anything tangible; if your job wasn’t performed by a cat or a boa constrictor in a Richard Scarry book I’m not sure I believe it’s necessary.Here is my response:
You probably don't know what a "litigation support manager" is, and honestly, I don't feel like explaining it. Let's just leave it at this:
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Post-CAKE
The road to CAKE has been traveled and I have returned from my hero-journey a changed man.
Joseph Campbell-inspired ramblings aside, CAKE is over. It was a great experience. It wasn't always what I expected it to be, but it was fantastic none-the-less.
First off, I have to thank the organizers and volunteer staff. This was my first show and organizers did a great job of making me feel welcome. As a newbie, I never felt lost or confused.
The best aspect of anything like this is of course, the people. Seriously, I know I sound trite but there were a handful of people who made this totally worth the cost of admission (meaning the cost of the table and printing). I've heard and read it more times than I care to say, but making comics is a lonely business. Especially when, like me, you hardly know any people who make comics. To be in a big room that is full of makers just like you is a sublime experience.
So without further ado... here is a LINK DUMP!! (In no particular order).
My neighbors at the show, Shane O'Shaughnessy and Julia Barr (sorry can't seem to find a link to her stuff) were very cool people. You can find Shane's book, Spuds Malone, Private Eye here. Shane and Julia's superhero erotica, GLAM BANG POW is available.... somewhere....
My other neighbor, Joel "Crave" Maxine, Jr, was another great person who I really enjoyed spending two days with.
Eric Taylor was not actually tabling at CAKE, which is really too bad. He knows a thing or two about comics and gave me a phrase that has been in my head since he uttered it on Sunday: "Can't draw? Just rock-star it." (Sorry, that's a bit of a paraphrase and also way out of context).
Roxy Drew, two tables down, had a cool book about a mutant dog called Futur Dog.
Emi Gennis gave me her comic about the Collyer Brothers that was really great.
Reid Psaltis can draw crows way better than I can.
It was also great catching up with my old friend Olivia Arrow who hung out my table a bunch on Saturday.
I'm sure I've forgotten someone. With so many great comics artists around, that's easy to do.
I didn't take many pictures, but here are a couple:
To my left:
To my right:
My table again:
My wife brought the kids down on Sunday, which was a nice Father's Day treat
Also, I sold bunch of books. And people seemed actually like them! (I forgot to mention I printed a book of comics? Stay tuned, more on that later.)
Joseph Campbell-inspired ramblings aside, CAKE is over. It was a great experience. It wasn't always what I expected it to be, but it was fantastic none-the-less.
First off, I have to thank the organizers and volunteer staff. This was my first show and organizers did a great job of making me feel welcome. As a newbie, I never felt lost or confused.
The best aspect of anything like this is of course, the people. Seriously, I know I sound trite but there were a handful of people who made this totally worth the cost of admission (meaning the cost of the table and printing). I've heard and read it more times than I care to say, but making comics is a lonely business. Especially when, like me, you hardly know any people who make comics. To be in a big room that is full of makers just like you is a sublime experience.
So without further ado... here is a LINK DUMP!! (In no particular order).
My neighbors at the show, Shane O'Shaughnessy and Julia Barr (sorry can't seem to find a link to her stuff) were very cool people. You can find Shane's book, Spuds Malone, Private Eye here. Shane and Julia's superhero erotica, GLAM BANG POW is available.... somewhere....
My other neighbor, Joel "Crave" Maxine, Jr, was another great person who I really enjoyed spending two days with.
Eric Taylor was not actually tabling at CAKE, which is really too bad. He knows a thing or two about comics and gave me a phrase that has been in my head since he uttered it on Sunday: "Can't draw? Just rock-star it." (Sorry, that's a bit of a paraphrase and also way out of context).
Roxy Drew, two tables down, had a cool book about a mutant dog called Futur Dog.
Emi Gennis gave me her comic about the Collyer Brothers that was really great.
Reid Psaltis can draw crows way better than I can.
It was also great catching up with my old friend Olivia Arrow who hung out my table a bunch on Saturday.
I'm sure I've forgotten someone. With so many great comics artists around, that's easy to do.
I didn't take many pictures, but here are a couple:
To my left:
My table again:
My wife brought the kids down on Sunday, which was a nice Father's Day treat
Also, I sold bunch of books. And people seemed actually like them! (I forgot to mention I printed a book of comics? Stay tuned, more on that later.)
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
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